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Salt Lake City Capital Improvement Program process allows for citizen initiated projects

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I was lucky in that the application I'm submitting had a cost category and percentage schedule outlined in a 2013 city memo. It made it very easy to come up with the budget.) Generally they are supposed to.

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Big data/Machine Learning/AI as a policy savior

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TPAPs should be implemented at multiple scales: (1) neighborhood/district/city/county wide as part of a master plan; (2) within functional elements of a master plan such as transportation, housing, or economic development; and (3) within a specific project (e.g.,

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Straws and puffery: USC's DC "campus" as a lever for downtown revival

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Similarly, the creation of Appalachian School of Law in rural Virginia was touted as a way to build the economic power of the region (" Appalachian School of Law receives final installment of $6 million funding package ," Bluefield Daily Telegraph ). Leveraging higher education institutions for urban economic development.

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Revisiting the 11th Street Bridge Park project as an opportunity rather than a folly: a new revitalization agenda for East of the River, DC

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Also see " A National Mall-focused heritage (replica) streetcar service to serve visitors is a way bigger idea than a parking garage under the Mall ," 2013. Maybe the National Park Service Urban Agenda: A call to action initiative (2015) can help facilitate this, but I am not holding my breath. Another link.

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I can't help but laugh. DC Mayor's third term as a platform for transformation

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She could just do the stuff I suggested before she was elected: A Marshall Plan for East of the River -- " Social urbanism and equity planning as a way to address crime, violence, and persistent poverty: (not in) DC " (reports on a conversation from 2013 and the process after) and during her two terms of office: Transformational health care -- " A (..)

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Missing obvious opportunities to strengthen rail-based transit systems: Philadelphia Navy Yard and improvements to the transit "network"/platform

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From a PI blog entry in 2015 : The Navy Yard development is home to GlaxoSmithKline, Urban Outfitters, a Marriott and about 140 other companies. Another two million square feet is slated to be developed and the previous feasibility study estimated about 8,000 people would use rail service by 2045. Conclusion.

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